

But she had found the strength to move on in a surprising place: “When I first received the gift of Nam-myoho-renge-kyo (Homage to the Dharma of the Lotus Sutra), it marked the beginning of a new life for me in more ways than I could have imagined,” she wrote in her 2020 book Happiness Becomes You: A Guide to Changing Your Life for Good. By the late 1970s, after she left an abusive relationship with Ike, she was feeding herself and her four children on food stamps. Tina’s Rocky Road to JoyĮven by the low standards of the music industry, 1950s rhythm and blues artists suffered particularly miserable treatment, and Tina, who joined the rhythm and blues world with Ike Turner’s Kings of Rhythm in 1956, had no immunity. Here, learn how Tina climbed the peaks and endured the valleys to finally find true love and lasting peace. In this full-color peek into her life, you’ll find the stories of her upbringing, her tumultuous relationship with Ike, her rise to superstardom, but most importantly, her strength that lead to the happiness of her later years.

The “Proud Mary” and “What’s Love Got To Do With It” singer’s incredible rise to fame and inspirational life is laid out in the special edition magazine, Tina Turner: Her Life in Pictures. The luminous late Tina Turner was no stranger to overcoming times of darkness - both in her career and in her personal life - and there aren’t many people who could come out blazing on the other side the way she did.
